Is Affirm outgrowing credit cards? Max Levchin explains

Affirm founder and CEO Max Levchin joins Yahoo Finance's Power Players for a wide-ranging conversation on artificial intelligence, software engineering, entrepreneurship, and the future of work. Timestamps 00:00 Meet Max Levchin: From PayPal to Affirm 02:15 Why this is the best time ever to be an engineer 05:45 What AI means for computer science graduates 09:00 Why every company may become a software company 11:30 How Max uses AI agents in his own life 15:20 Building a personal AI assistant and smart home app 18:45 The future of AI: Humans vs. machines 23:15 Why authenticity becomes more valuable in an AI world 26:30 Max Levchin on AI layoffs and hiring 30:45 Why Affirm still needs more engineers 34:00 How Affirm plans to reach $100 billion in GMV 37:00 Why consumers are moving beyond credit cards 40:15 PayPal, legacy, and building Affirm 42:00 Work-life balance and building companies for decades #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MaxLevchin #Affirm #PayPal #FutureOfWork #TechLeadership #SoftwareEngineering #Fintech #YahooFinance #yahoofinance == AlphaSpace by Yahoo Finance: A Professional-Grade Investment Platform Built for Everyday Investors. 👉 alphaspace.finance.yahoo.com —   / yahoofinance   — https://x.com/YahooFinance —   / yahoofinance   —   / yahoofinance   —   / yahoo-finance   — https://finance.yahoo.com/